Tension space analysis: Exploring community requirements for networked urban screens

North, Steve; Schn�delbach, Holger; Fatah gen Schieck, Ava; Motta, Wallis; Ye, Lei; Behrens, Moritz; Kostopoulou, Efstathia

Abstract

This paper draws on the design process, implementation and early evaluation results of an urban screens network to highlight the tensions that emerge at the boundary between the technical and social aspects of design. While public interactive screens in urban spaces are widely researched, the newly emerging networks of such screens present fresh challenges. Researchers wishing to be led by a diverse user community may find that the priorities of some users, directly oppose the wishes of others. Previous literature suggests such tensions can be handled by ‘goal balancing’, where all requirements are reduced down to one set of essential, implementable attributes. Contrasting this, this paper's contribution is ‘Tension Space Analysis’, which broadens and extends existing work on Design Tensions. It includes new domains, new representational methods and offers a view on how to best reflect conflicting community requirements in some aspects or features of the design.

Citation

North, S., Schnädelbach, H., Fatah gen Schieck, A., Motta, W., Ye, L., Behrens, M., & Kostopoulou, E. (2013, September). Tension space analysis: Exploring community requirements for networked urban screens. Presented at 14th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Cape Town, South Africa

• Presentation Conference Type: Edited Proceedings
• Conference Name: 14th IFIP TC 13 International Conference
• Start Date: Sep 2, 2013
• End Date: Sep 6, 2013
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2013
• Deposit Date: Aug 7, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 7, 2015
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Issue: 8118
• Pages: 81–98
• Series Title: Lecture notes in computer science
• Series Number: 8118
• Series ISSN: 1611-3349
• Book Title: Human-Computer Interaction--INTERACT 2013: 14th IFIP TC 13 International conference, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2-6, 2013 : Proceedings, Part II
• ISBN: 978-3-642-40479-5
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40480-1_6
• Keywords: tension space analysis, human factors, design tensions, design space, urban screens, networked urban screens
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1005165
• Publisher URL: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-40480-1_6
• Related Public URLs: http://www.springer.com/gb/book/9783642404795; http://screensinthewild.org
• Additional Information: The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40480-1_6